Bitcoin’s price reclaimed the $80,000 level twice on Monday, hovering near $80,100 amid rangebound trading between $79,500 and $80,500. Leveraged long liquidations were approximately $36 million, or 65% of all bitcoin liquidations.
Altcoins are struggling to establish a broad recovery as Bitcoin dominance remains above 60% and traders prepare for a key Federal Reserve decision.
October 26, 2026, 5:21 pmBitcoin is trading near the $80,000 level as investors prepare for another important Federal Reserve decision and reassess institutional demand through spot Bitcoin ETFs.
October 26, 2026, 4:21 pm
Institutional appetite faded fast. Spot Bitcoin ETFs in the US saw roughly $228 million of net withdrawals between October 12 and 16, following $681 million the week before, for a two-week total of $909 million. That is the biggest pullback since April.
Bitcoin had a bumpy stretch. After reaching roughly $83,800 on October 13, the flagship asset slid to a weekly trough near $80,100 two days later, as traders reacted to a hotter-than-forecast inflation reading and a sharp pullback in AI-linked stocks.
Vanguard’s small-cap ETF has bought 4.5 million shares of Metaplanet, the Japanese company piling Bitcoin onto its balance sheet. The stake is worth about $7.5 million and marks the first disclosed Metaplanet purchase by the Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap ETF (VSS).
Bitcoin and gold, two assets often bought as hedges against monetary stress, are both sitting at the bottom of the 2026 performance table. Bitcoin is down 7.3% year-to-date and gold 7.5%, a combination market strategist Charlie Bilello says has never happened before in a calendar year.
Metaplanet's strategic expansion into US markets via Super League could enhance liquidity and influence, impacting future investments.
Bitcoin Magazine Strategy (MSTR) Pauses Bitcoin Buying and Spends $205 Million on Preferred Stock Strategy skipped bitcoin buys for the week of October 19–25 and spent $204.9 million buying back its STRC preferred stock.
Vivek Ramaswamy’s Strive is buying Bitcoin like it has absolutely no interest in what the rest of the crypto market is doing. The company has added another 6,182 BTC to its balance sheet, bringing its total holdings to 43,000 Bitcoin.
Gateway gives cirBTC holders a shared balance, with advertised fast access after deposit finality and a separate seven-day fallback exit.
Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin’s Bear Market Is Over, Galaxy Says Galaxy Research says that bitcoin’s bear market ended at the June low.
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